1926 VFL Season Grand Final: Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 9 October 1926 between Melbourne and Collingwood in the challenge final of the 1926 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Collingwood at the MCG. Bert Chadwick captained the hosts. Charlie Tyson captained the visitors with Syd Coventry as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bert Chadwick and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

Melbourne (17.17.119) defeated Collingwood (9.8.62).

Match Details

Season: 1926 VFL Season
Round: Challenge Final (Grand Final)
Teams: Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 9 October 1926
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 59,632

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Collingwood
Score: 17.17.119 - 9.8.62

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 5 7 . 7 14 . 9 17 . 17 17 . 17 (119)
Collingwood 1 . 1 6 . 4 7 . 6 9 . 8 9 . 8 (62)
Margin MELB by 22 MELB by 9 MELB by 45 MELB by 57 MELB by 57
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Bert Chadwick
Coach: Bert Chadwick

Collingwood

Captain: Charlie Tyson
Vice-Captain: Syd Coventry
Coach: Jock McHale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Goal Umpires

E. Jenkins
S. Rouvray

Boundary Umpires

B. Davies
W. Naismith

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Abernethy, Jim ? ? 0 ?
17 Chadwick, Bert (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Coy, Harry ? ? 0 ?
29 Davidson, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
31 Deane, Col ? ? 1 ?
34 Duff, Dave ? ? 2 ?
28 Dunbar, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 6 ?
22 Moyes, Harry ? ? 3 ?
9 Streeter, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick ? ? 1 ?
3 Thomas, Ted ? ? 0 ?
26 Tymms, Bill ? ? 0 ?
23 Vine, Frank ? ? 1 ?
14 Warne-Smith, Ivor ? ? 0 ?
8 White, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
1 Wittman, Stan ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 17 17

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Baker, Reg ? ? 1 ?
3 Beasley, George ? ? 0 ?
4 Beveridge, Jack ? ? 0 ?
11 Chesswas, Harry ? ? 0 ?
7 Collier, Albert ? ? 1 ?
8 Collier, Harry ? ? 3 ?
10 Coventry, Gordon ? ? 2 ?
9 Coventry, Syd (vc) ? ? 0 ?
13 Harris, John ? ? 0 ?
14 Libbis, Billy ? ? 1 ?
15 Makeham, Bob ? ? 1 ?
28 Milburn, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
16 Murphy, Frank ? ? 0 ?
18 Poulter, Joe ? ? 0 ?
21 Shanahan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
22 Tyson, Charlie (c) ? ? 0 ?
25 Wescott, Leo ? ? 0 ?
23 Wilson, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 8

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s